Percentage White: A New Feature for Ultrasound Classification of Plaque Echogenicity in Carotid Artery Atherosclerosis

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 218-226

  Prahl, Ulrica ^a   Holdfeldt, Peter ^b   Bergström, Göran ^a,c   Fagerberg, Björn ^a   Hulthe, Johannes ^a,d   Gustavsson, Tomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d ASTRAZENECA R AND D   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Carotid artery; Classification; Computer assisted; Image interpretation; Plaque; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADIPONECTIN; APOLIPOPROTEINS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CARDIO-VASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID PLAQUES; COMPUTER-ASSISTED IMAGE INTERPRETATION; ECHOGENICITY; NEAR-WALL; PLAQUE ECHOGENICITY; REPRODUCIBILITIES; SEMI-AUTOMATED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRAINING DATASET; ULTRASOUND EXAMINATION; ULTRASOUND IMAGES; VISUAL ASSESSMENTS; VISUAL CLASSIFICATION;

ACOUSTIC WAVES; GLUCOSE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; ULTRASONICS;

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION);

ADIPONECTIN; APOLIPOPROTEIN A1; APOLIPOPROTEIN B; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; LIPOPROTEIN A;

ADULT; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CLASSIFICATION ALGORITHM; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERCENTAGE WHITE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; REFERENCE VALUE; SEMIAUTOMATED METHOD TO EVALUATE ECHOGENICITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION PROCESS; WHITE NOISE;

CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID STENOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 74849124607     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2009.10.002     Document Type: Article

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